Family Research Council expands H.R. 3 push

By Ben Smith

05/01/11 09:30 PM EDT

The socially conservative Family Research Council Action's Super PAC is launching radio ads in six Democratic and six Republican congressional districts, pushing House members to vote for H.R. 3, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” which would strengthen bans on federal money being used in connection with abortion. The bill is up for a vote on Wednesday.

“For 35 years, the Hyde Amendment has protected federal tax dollars from being used for abortion. Obamacare changed that," says the narrator, introducing a recording of the late Rep. Henry Hyde saying that "abortion is a lethal assault against the very idea of human rights and destroys, along with a defenseless little baby, the moral foundation of our democracy."

A version of the ad ran in eight districts last month, and the buy is expanding to 12 more, in a relatively modest total buy of $20,000.